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"Wings Of Glass"

I am a full time artist living in Orlando Fl, with my husband and our family of 2 Shih Tzus.
Nature Scapes in acrylic are among my favorite things to paint and this blog will show the progress of my works in their different stages. Many of my paintings are created using multiple canvases to create a sculptural affect. If you have any questions you would like me to answer about my work or techniques, please let me know and I will be happy to blog about it.
I am also a busy jewelry artist and will be posting photos of finished pieces of interest.
I'll also be including lots of garden photos and other inspirational pictures along the way.

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Chris & I at Celebrations Gallery, Pomfret CT

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Saturday, September 22, 2012

Tile Trivets & Late Summer Swallowtail Butterflies

Beyond my frenzy of late to create cards from my artwork, I've also been making 6" x 6" tile trivets or I know, as lots of people like to call them.....hot plates.

These are 3 or 7 different varieties so far, that I'll be adding to my ETSY site little by little. Along with cards though, I'm really looking forward to selling the trivets at crafts fairs when I relocate.

I cannot wait to have tile murals of some of my painted pieces, I think they will be very dimensional and fun. My husband will be my grout and frame man, piecing everything together, grouting to connect the segments and finally, finishing with a custom made frame. Think of one of the above images much much larger and broken into smaller segments, connected to make a larger, ceramic piece of wall art.....and if you can imagine that, you will have imagined what I would like to create.

These are all late season swallowtial butterflies that have been visiting my garden in the last few weeks. I'm actually creating a painting now with 4 different kinds of butterflies and two of them are swallowtails so these beauties couldn't have fluttered into my garden at a bettter time. The inspiration they gave me has been amazing.

I hope you find some lovely inspiration in your end of the season garden as well.

Hi Ruth, WOW your trivets are lovely. The inspiration from your garden is perfect. Love the butterflies. My garden is really blooming with roses at the moment and of course give me lots of inspiration too. In fact, I created a set of stone coasters yesterday.Love your end of the season garden. The weather is perfect now but still a bit warm here. We are hoping to break out the sweaters soon. Have a great rest of the week.

Hugs, Celestina Mariep.s. you asked if the chair can still recline. Yes it does, but I will probably use a foot stool as to not stretch the crochet too much. thanks for stopping by.